Ah, pieces fit together. See this google cache of an old blog post. Hang in there for the autism piece:
http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:pAR3ox4EiFAJ:cigarhett.blogspot.com/2011/04/duleek-dp-my-greatest-failure-and.html+cigarhett+blog&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us&source=www.google.com

Update August 20, 2011, 4:39 pm PDT : be sure to read the message from EpiRen, René Najera in the comments EpiRen is the twitter handle of René Najera. His twitter account was linked to his blog, which had his real name and his place of employ. He has been a great credit to the epidemiolog...

Ok, we need Public Health Spartacus. A way for PH professionals to get the word out, with many allies. A protected mechanism to get issues to the allies, who will Spartacus them.
PHS anyone? How can we set this up?

Update August 20, 2011, 4:39 pm PDT : be sure to read the message from EpiRen, René Najera in the comments EpiRen is the twitter handle of René Najera. His twitter account was linked to his blog, which had his real name and his place of employ. He has been a great credit to the epidemiolog...

I understand and respect Rene's decision, and the encouragement to *not* email/call/harass the employers.
However, it would be great to be able to turn this into a discussion of how to support our allies in public health, and encourage outreach via social media--in general.
What can we do to support and enable them to do their jobs better? And with some non-traditional reach to twitter/blogs/etc? And to protect them when they are assaulted by cranks?

Update August 20, 2011, 4:39 pm PDT : be sure to read the message from EpiRen, René Najera in the comments EpiRen is the twitter handle of René Najera. His twitter account was linked to his blog, which had his real name and his place of employ. He has been a great credit to the epidemiolog...

I saw that exchange yesterday and I was horrified. It is irresponsible of those employers to let the anti-vaxxers succeed at this. At this time when social media is so key to messaging--silencing credible and credentialed voices is exactly the wrong thing.
It actually has bothered me a lot that the public health community isn't out in front of social media more. This is a very sad story.

Update August 20, 2011, 4:39 pm PDT : be sure to read the message from EpiRen, René Najera in the comments EpiRen is the twitter handle of René Najera. His twitter account was linked to his blog, which had his real name and his place of employ. He has been a great credit to the epidemiolog...